{"id":273092,"date":"2010-02-03T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chart-of-the-day-total-cash-and-st-investments-of-tech-companies-2010-2"},"modified":"2010-02-03T17:14:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T22:14:00","slug":"chart-of-the-day-apples-giant-pile-of-cash-in-context-aapl-goog-msft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/273092","title":{"rendered":"CHART OF THE DAY: Apple&#8217;s Giant Pile Of Cash In Context (AAPL, GOOG, MSFT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; padding: 15px 15px 15px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ntweetmeme_source = 'alleyinsider'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly';\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin: 15px 0 20px 20px;\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chart-of-the-day\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/~~\/f?id=4a32b8394b543722009a9671\" border=\"0\" alt=\"button more charts\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chart-of-the-day\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/~~\/f?id=4a32b8424b543722009a967a\" border=\"0\" alt=\"button chart prev\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chart-of-the-day-iphone-os-devices-share-2010-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/~~\/f?id=4a32b84d4b543722009a9685\" border=\"0\" alt=\"button chart next\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Apple isn&#8217;t the only tech company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chart-of-the-day-apples-cash-2009-11\">stuffed to the gills with cash<\/a>, with $39.8 billion in cash and short and long term securities.<\/p>\n<p>Google has $24.6 billion in cash and investments. Microsoft has billions more than Google, with $40.4 billion. Intel has $18.9 billion on hand, which, by these standards, is paltry.<\/p>\n<p>As Microsoft, Apple, and Google <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/google-apple-war-update-2010-1\">go to war<\/a> in mobile, search, and on the desktop, expect to see more of this cash <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/google-just-made-offers-on-three-of-my-investments-2010-2\">deployed<\/a> through acquisitions. (And one of these days, one of these companies may actually buy something big.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b6a311c0000000000333176\/chart-apple-google-microsoft-cash.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chart apple google microsoft cash\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Follow the Chart Of The Day on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chartoftheday\">www.twitter.com\/chartoftheday<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Get This Delivered To Your Inbox<\/h3>\n<p>You can get this dropped in your inbox every afternoon as <strong>The Chart Of The Day<\/strong>. It&#8217;s a simple. It&#8217;s convenient. It&#8217;s free. 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Google has $24.6 billion in cash and investments. Microsoft has billions more than Google, with $40.4 billion. Intel has $18.9 billion on hand, which, by these standards, is paltry. 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